DriveSitter Changelog

What's new in DriveSitter 1.6.0.9

Dec 12, 2008
  • Support of Western Digital USB drives.
  • Windows Vista readiness.
  • Never seen before FirstGlance tray icon tooltips.
  • Support of hot-plugging.
  • New "Count Increase" test.

New in DriveSitter 1.6 (Apr 3, 2008)

  • Support for Western Digital USB drives
  • DriveSitter operates under the system account
  • Self-Test can be queried and Self-Test Logs can be seen from normal user account
  • Device volumes and partition information can be seen from normal user account
  • Added "View Self-Test Log..." and "Execute Self-Test..." in drive list context menu
  • Added "View Debug Log" in "Reports" main menu (if started with /log switch)
  • Added debug log information for QueryStatus and EnableSmart
  • Added debug log crc information for identification, attributes and thresholds
  • Added note to identification failure message box that the error can be suppressed in the options
  • Allow y-resize of options manager
  • Allow more colors for temperature tray icon elements
  • Temperature tray icons show temperature graph in tooltip
  • DriveSitter tray icon shows drive summary in tooltip
  • Button to remove absent drives from options and stock
  • Counter Increase test
  • Ability to clear selected sound file in play sound action options
  • Highlight critical interpreted raw values in attributes pane
  • Color tooltips for list controls and header controls
  • Removed flickering of tree control and report edit controls
  • Add "insufficient data" text to the graph if not enough data is collected to draw a traceline
  • Add colorwash capability to the graph background and graph area
  • Automatic update/scroll of attribute graph (as time passes)
  • Allow clean-up of temperature downtime, common stock and temperature stock per device or for all devices
  • Refresh of drive list
  • Device arrival and remove detection
  • and many more !

New in DriveSitter 1.5 (Mar 24, 2007)

  • DriveSitter now supports execution of S.M.A.R.T. Self-Tests that thoroughly check the electrical and mechanical parts of the drive.
  • If your drive supports S.M.A.R.T. Self-Test logs, DriveSitter displays a Self-Test result summary for every test ever ran on the drive.
  • Visual indicators for drive fitness and performance allows you to judge the drive state at a glance.
  • The GUI of DriveSitter was improved and has been reworked to provide a unified look and more clarity.
  • We added many small additions, enhancements and some bug fixes.